COBHAM policeman PC Lee Fabry believes not being “all pink and fluffy” has helped make him Elmbridge’s top cop.

PC Fabry, who started working in Cobham in June and has so far solved more than 40 crimes, says it is his background in CID that has propelled him to champion crook catcher.

The Neighbourhood Sup-port Officer claims to have solved 80% of his cases – which, he says, is very high.

“I am not here just to have cups of tea and be all pink and fluffy,” said super-solver PC Fabry. “Sometimes you have to do that but the main part of my job is preventing crime.

“I want to show it is not all cups of tea with neighbours. We are out there detecting crime.”

Lee began his policing career just three-and-a-half years ago and has had spells with fast-response teams and in CID, but said that when the vacancy in Cobham arose, the chance to experience community policing was too good to turn down.

“I know it is a cliché but I really like helping people and making a difference,” he said. “And my plan is to stay here as long as they will have me.”

A background in detective work has earned Lee the mantle of Elmbridge’s most prolific crime solver.

“We have a rate to meet per officer,” he explained. “We have got to have X amount of detections.

“Mine is about 80% detection rate, which is quite high.

“Since June, my detection rate is 43 crimes, which means 43 solved crimes, ranging from public order offences to assaults and thefts.

“My response experience and CID is the reason my detection rate is so good. If I hadn’t had that I would not have detected the number of crime that I have.”

But PC Fabry says it is not only him who deserves the commendation — the whole of the Cobham team has been working hard to improve life in the village.

“I want to thank all the community for its help because it is a two-way street,” he said. “I am here to help them, but they help me, too.”

Insp Paul Yearwood commended Lee’s record and said: “Pc Fabry is a great officer who has made a real impact in his neighbourhood.

“He is well known, well liked and has been able to bring valuable experience from his days in CID to his role as a Neighbourhood Specialist Officer.

“This role is all about integrating into communities and Lee has done this extremely well, solving crime as well as being on hand to listen to his community and to deal with those lower-level issues that can affect neighbourhoods and their feeling of security. Long may his success continue.”

A spokesman for Surrey Police said that while Lee’s detection rate is very high, it must be seen in context.

He said: “The type of crimes are a particular type, not necessarily easier but neighbourhood-based, and so have a higher rate of detection.”